Sweet Punishment

Rowena closed her eyes and lovingly kissed Desmond's palm.

Her quiet concentration moved Desmond, who could only stare at her in a daze.

When she finally lifted her lips from his palm, she asked, “Does it still hurt?”

Desmond almost answered in the negative when he remembered the painful price he had paid for giving the same answer last time.

He swallowed the words on the tip of his tongue and eke